Tony is a 11 year old Siberian/Bengal tiger used as a roadside attraction at Tiger Truck Stop in Grosse Tete Louisiana. Tony’s owner, Michael Sandlin, has bought, sold, bred, and exhibited tigers for OVER 20 years.
In 2003, because of violations and fines, Mr. Sandlin and the USDA made an agreement where 3 of the 4 tigers he owned, Toby, Khan and Rainbow, were sent to Tiger Haven in Kingston TN.
The USDA reduced the fines and allowed Michael Sandlin to keep one tiger, Tony.

Many of life's failures...

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realizehow close they were to success when they gave up." - Thomas Edison

WILL YOU SAVE ME

Tony VERY Skinny

12.28.2010

THEY DID IT TO ME AGAIN. THEY GAVE SANDLIN ANOTHER PERMIT FROM THE STATE TO KEEP ME CAGED. WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS I'M VERY SICK RIGHT NOW AND MY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I MAY HAVE KIDNEY FAILURE OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE AND WITHIN MONTHS I WILL WASTE AWAY.

THEY WERE TOLD I WILL DIE SLOWLY AND IN MUCH PAIN. TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME I NEED MY BLOOD TESTED BUT YOU KNOW SANDLIN WILL NEVER ALLOW THAT EVEN THOUGH MY FRIENDS SAID THEY WOULD PAY THE WHOLE VET BILL.

SO WHEN I DO FINALLY GO TO THAT PEACEFUL PLACE I WILL AGAIN GET TO SEE RAINBOW AND TOBY WHO WERE CAGED WITH ME UNTIL I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. THEY GOT TO LEAVE IN 2003 AND GO TO TIGER HAVEN IN TN. I WAS SUPPOSE TO GO WITH THEM BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE SANDLIN CHANGED HIS MIND AND I HAD TO STAY ALL ALONE AT TIGER TRUCK STOP WHICH MY FRIEMDS CALL A LITTLE PIECE OF HELL.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN CARED FOR PROPERLY AND THAT IS WHY MY HEALTH IS FAILING ME AT TEN YEARS OLD.

WHEN I GO PLEASE KNOW THAT I'M FINALLY NO LONGER SUFFERING. I FINALLY KNOW WHAT PEACE IS AND MOST IMPORTANT I FINALLY KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE.

I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE JUST LIKE ME. THEY MAY NOT BE ON DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, GARAGES AND BASEMENTS. I NEED YOU TO BE THEIR VOICE AS YOU ARE MINE. IF I HAD ONE WISH IT WOULD BE THAT THE WORLD WOULD BAN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. WE ARE NOT HERE TO BE DOMINATED BY THE HUMAN SPECIES.

DURING MY TIME ON EARTH IT WAS PURE HELL. I NEVER “LIVED” I ONLY EXISTED FOR YOUR PLEASURE TO COME AND SEE ME IN THE PARKING LOT OF A TRUCK STOP IN A HORRID CAGE THAT I CALLED HOME. I NEVER GOT TO SWIM ON THE HOT SUMMER DAYS OR SCRATCH A TREE OR EVEN HAVE A HEALTHY NATURAL MEAL.

TO THOSE OF YOU THAT YELLED AT ME, THREW OBJECTS AT ME OR JUST LAUGHED AT ME, SHAME ON YOU. ARE YOU EVEN SMART ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT IF THERE WERE NO BARS I WOULD BE THE DOMINATE ONE, NOT YOU.

TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT BROUGHT THEIR CHILDREN TO STAND IN FRONT OF MY CAGE WITH PURE PLEASURE, WHY WOULD YOU TEACH YOUR CHILDREN NOT TO HAVE COMPASSION OR EMPATHY? SADLY BECAUSE OF YOU YOUR CHILDREN WILL GROW UP WITH NO MORALS OR VALUES AND THE WORLD WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE VOICELESS.

DON’T YOU FEEL ANYTHING FOR ME? WHEN YOU LOOK IN MY EYES DON’T YOU FEEL MY PAIN?I DIDN’T WANT YOU NEAR ME OR CALLING OUT MY NAME OR TAKING PICTURES. I JUST WANTED TO BE LEFT ALONE AND NOT HARRASED ANYMORE.

WHEN YOU SEE MY KIND AS A CUB IT IS A COMPLETE DISRESPECT TO TOUCH US. DON’T YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE WITH OUR MOTHERS NOT TAKING PICTURES WITH YOU. DID YOU NOTICE THE PERSON THAT HANDED ME TO YOU? DO YOU KNOW HOW BADLY WE ARE TREATED AND THEN THROWN AWAY JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HOLD ME FOR A PICTURE.

HUMANS ARE SO FULL OF GREED AND IGNORENCE THAT YOU ARE MAKING US GO EXTINCT. BECAUSE OF YOUR DESIRE TO BE DOMINATE ONE DAY SOON I WILL BE GONE FOREVER.YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP US ALIVE THROUGH THESE CAPTIVE BREEDING PROGRAMS BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT US IN CAPTIVITY WE ARE NOT THE SAME. WE LACK EVERY NATURAL THING TO US ALL BECAUSE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KEEP US IMPRISONED. IF THAT IS YOUR RIGHT THAN WEHAVE THE RIGHT TO ATTACK AND KILL YOU BECAUSE OF “NATURAL” INSTINCT WITHOUT BEING KILLED AFTERWARDS.

YOU ARE KILLING US AND BECAUSE OF YOUR GREED FOR MONEY YOU DON’T EVEN CARE AND WE ARE KILLING YOU BECAUSE WE DON’T BELONG IN YOUR POSSESSION. WE ARE CREATURES THAT ARE BORN FREE TO HAVE FAMILIES AND LIVE LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE.

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"Thorsten Kassebeer June 1 at 8:14am ReportTill December is a long way to go, and Sandlin will try everything to keep on Tony, and fight against the judge decision which said that he must let him go in December. So it is now very very important that we show Sandlin that he have no chance, doesn´t a matter what he tries to keep on Tony any longer. Now we must stand close for Tony, come on, and take action for our boy!!!”